<VV> Charging Problem

[FrankCB at aol.com]

Paul,
    Get hold of a portable VOLTmeter and plug it into  the cigarette 
lighter socket using an aftermarket lighter plug.. This will  show the charging 
VOLTAGE while you're reving up the engine.  The voltage  should be maintained 
around 14 to 14.5 volts (might be a little higher when  first started and 
everything is cold)  I suspect yours is going a lot  higher due to failure of 
your voltage regulator.
    An ammeter installed on your dash tells you much  less information than 
a voltmeter.
Frank Burkhard
Boonton, NJ  
 
 
In a message dated 12/16/2012 3:09:00 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,  
paulsiano at yahoo.com writes:

Yesterday while driving my Crown conversion Corvair to a car show  in The 
Villages, FL, I noticed the ammeter read an usually high 30 amps and  pulsing 
to an even higher 60 amps and then back to 30.

Returning home  after the show I kept a close eye on the ammeter.  For a 
while it read a  normal slight positive charge and then it went to about 30 
amps and seemed to  be related to engine speed...higher rpms resulted in a 
higher amp reading.  Could it be the 46 year old voltage regulator is bad or 
might there be  other places to look?

Any thoughts will be  appreciated.

Paul
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